Churn



P. KILLEN.

Churn.

Patented Julv 12, 1864.

N. PETERS Phnmumugmpner, wamingw". n.0.

NITED STATES PATRICK KILLIN, OF MOUNT HEALTHY, OHIO.

CHURN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 13,5 ll 3, dated July12, 1864.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK KILLIN, ot' Mount Healthy, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Ohurns; and I hereby declare that the following is a i'ull, clear,and exact description ot' the same, reference heilig had to theaccompanying drawings and letters ot' reference marked thereon, whicht'orm part of this specitication.

My invention consists in dividing the ordinary circular or disk dasherused in upright churns into two halves, and also dividing the dashrod,or attaching al dash-rod to each halt', so that they may be worked oneby each hand alternately.

In the accompanyingT drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective view of a churncontaining my improved dasher. Fig.2is a vertical axial section ot' thesame. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the two halves constituting myimproved dasher.

.Like letters of reference designate likeparts in al1 the drawings.

A is the churn or barrel, having a cover, a, as in ordinary cases. B Bare the two semidisks constituting the dashers, perforated as is usualin the old or circular dasher. b b are tl e two dasl1rotls,lormed eachas semi-cylinders, and connected or kept together by c, a metallic ringor sleeve within the churn. d d are handles, which may be of any form 5or they may even be constructed in the form of short cross arms- -thusl--attachcd to each rcd.

` The manner ot' using my invention will be evident on inspection.Taking hold of a handle, d, with each hand, the operator alternatelylifts one dasher and depresses the other until the churning iscompleted. The two are then joined by the hands, and used togetheras onedasher in gathering thebutter.

The advantages ot' my invention are increased ease in operating thechurn, the strain being taken oft' the muscles of the back oftheoperator andtranst'erred to those ofthe arms, the dasher which isdepressed forming, through the arm and hand depressing it, a fulerum forthe arm which is raised. The agitation of the Huid within the churn islikewise moreviolent and complete when my dasher is used, as may readilybe understood by a consideration ot' the drawings. In gathering thebutter, too, after the churning is completed, both dashers may be usedtogether as one dasher.

rl`he two flashers may, however, be worked alternately up and down, asdescribed, by or through appropriate machinery, instead of by hand.

Having described my invention, I shall proceed to state what I claim asnew, and what I desire by Letters Patent to secure.

I claim- Making the dasherI in two parts, B B, with a separate rod, b b,to each inclosed by the loose ring c, so that the two parts may beoperated separately, in the manner described, or united and operated asa single dasher, for the purpose herein set forth.

PATRICK KILLIN.

Witnesses GEO. PYBURN, WM. CLoUGr-I.

